Interestingly, I've found a good way to get Transformers clean again is to transform them a couple of times. Unfortunately that means the dust is now on your hands, so it also helps to blow on them while you do this. If you have a big collection, toys can be kept dust free longer if they are kept in drawers and chests, but be careful not to scratch them against each other and also take care about the quality of the wood of the drawer. Soft, unfinished wood, like pressed sawdust works best because you don't have to worry about scratching the wood either. Regardless, do this only if you do not plan to play with the transformers within for a while as repeated removal and replacement of toys will damage them over time regardless of how careful you are.

put a swiffer pad above the figures. if they're on shelves, put the pad on the bottom of each shelf, so it's over their heads.

just rub each pad once, and it'll get a static charge. so the dust that would normally land on your transformers is drawn to them instead. every few days, just take the pad down, shake it out (outside) and rub it again. it'll get another static charge and keep sucking up dust.

put a swiffer pad above the figures. if they're on shelves, put the pad on the bottom of each shelf, so it's over their heads.

just rub each pad once, and it'll get a static charge. so the dust that would normally land on your transformers is drawn to them instead. every few days, just take the pad down, shake it out (outside) and rub it again. it'll get another static charge and keep sucking up dust.

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thats a very good tip thanks man!
do glass cases cut out all the dust or just some?

put a swiffer pad above the figures. if they're on shelves, put the pad on the bottom of each shelf, so it's over their heads.

just rub each pad once, and it'll get a static charge. so the dust that would normally land on your transformers is drawn to them instead. every few days, just take the pad down, shake it out (outside) and rub it again. it'll get another static charge and keep sucking up dust.

If you can go to an Ikea location and not pay shipping, it is a really sweet deal, but still, the shipping isn't too bad for what you get, really, I fit two in my Honda Accord with the passenger seat down, damn glad I picked those up for my Alts, I hated dusting those all the time!

dusting TFs is way more important than dusting the shelves themselves, especially if the TFs have textured plastic. stuff like mesh textures or a bunch of lines carved in (like the backs of armada prime's legs) are the worst. it's a pain in the ass to get out if it gets set in, and if it's painted, you can't use anything wet or abrasive to get it out without destroying the paint application.

PVC-type plastic (and the paints they use on it) can even become sticky or discolored if they get too dusty for too long.

i think the one figure i have a problem cleaning is movie ironhide, my other transformers will stay in their pose if i grab them by the head, but ironhide will never stay in the same pose for some reason. i mean he looks the same but i put him down in he just rocks backward and falls. the windshield/hood part comes off (you know how they do it so that it doesn't break) but the little whole to attatch it to the rest of ironhide cracked and so now its really fragile. i owe all of this to the flimsy-ness of ironhide's heels. anyway, i clean my transformers like every couple of weeks with the rest of my room. (i on't have a huge collection.